Ok, wow. S+S & BPAL are both incredible and potent, and these perfumes are no exception. The Goat's Teeth is amazing for when I need to calm my mind and get to work. The Goat's Phalanges is a boon when I'm feeling deeply overwhelmed emotionally. I haven't tried the Scapula yet. The Goat's Horns, though...I've used this several times since I got the quartet. The first time, I decided to try it after an unexpected subpoena and subsequent courtroom testimony (for a completely frivolous case that got dismissed in the end, but lightly stressful and deeply obnoxious). I wore it the day of my testimony, and there's something about it--I am a very watery, emotional being, and this pulls me out of and above my emotions in a very welcome way. I felt calm, collected, sharp, and sort of...above the situation, as it were. Like it helps me have a 10,000 ft view of the situation, rather than being IN IT, and missing the forest for the trees. I was very pleasantly surprised at the effect, as I wasn't sure what to expect. I used it again for a work event interaction with a coworker that I am having problems with; again, calm, cool, sharp, not drowning in my emotions and allowing them to get their head and away from me (as is so often the case). Successfully and calmly avoided any unwanted interaction. Interestingly, I saw this same coworker a couple of weeks later unexpectedly at another work event and was caught unawares and without my Horns; very different experience for me! Unwanted interaction happened, and my emotions were out of control (not externally; thanks Gemini moon. But I was roiling inside).
It's a bit hard to explain, but I feel like this calm, rational, cool energy that emphasizes control and restraint is something I need very much in my life. I'm not generally an "out of control" person (rather the opposite), but it's a control based on fear of failure, rather than control for the sake of a larger purpose or vision, which is what Saturn is kind of about. There's a certain, specific calm that washes over me when I use these scents that is so deeply settling for me, and I find it incredibly helpful to be able to take a higher view of any situation I use these in. And, as always, they smell INCREDIBLE. Just my type of unisex, earthy, musky. 15/10, love being able to wear stern Saturn father scents that help me get and keep my shit together!